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Hymns to the Night by Novalis Hymns to the Night

“Hymns to the Night” is the last published work of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (1772-1801), the German philosopher and early Romantic poet whose pen name was simply “Novalis”. The work alternates poetry and prose, exploring a personal mythology of darkness and light, but it is also a free-associative chronicle of a young man rationalizing the untimely death of his fiancé. This version (1897) was translated by influential fantasy author and novelist George MacDonald, who cited it as a great – and early – inspiration.

Book cover (German) Heinrich von Ofterdingen

Die sprichwörtliche „blaue Blume “ der Poesie hat ihren Ursprung in diesem Roman Novalis'. Novalis verwebt in diesem Bildungsroman Märchen, Sagen und historische Ereignisse. Der Held ist auf der Suche nach einer idealen, vollständigen Welt, in der Poesie und Leben sich durchdringen. Der Roman ist unvollendet geblieben. - Zusammenfassung von seito


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